The Fairhaven and Southern Railroad was a railroad located in the northwest part of Washington State built by the Fairhaven Land Co. founded by E. M. Wilson, E. L. Cowgill, Nelson Bennett, C. X. Larrabee, and Samuel E. Larrabee.

Work on the road began in 1889 in Fairhaven, Washington

Fairhaven, Washington

Fairhaven, Washington was founded in the late 1880s and is now part of the City of Bellingham, Washington, USA. It is on the south side of Bellingham, and borders Bellingham Bay on the west and Western Washington University on the northeast...

, now part of Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham, Washington

Bellingham is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington. It is the twelfth-largest city in the state. Situated on Bellingham Bay, Bellingham is protected by Lummi Island, Portage Island, and the Lummi Peninsula, and opens onto the Strait of Georgia...

, the line was surveyed towards Lake Whatcom

Lake Whatcom

Lake Whatcom Reservoir is located in Whatcom County, Washington. It is the drinking water source for approximately 85,000 residents in the City of Bellingham as well as Whatcom County. It is approximately 10 miles total in length and 1 mile in width at its widest...

 and through Sehome

Sehome

Sehome is a neighborhood in Bellingham, Washington. The neighborhood, named after Sehome Hill, was originally a town owned by the Bellingham Bay & British Columbia Railroad Company . The name comes from Nooksack S-yah-whom, the name of an early Indian in the area....

, Washington towards Sedro-Woolley, Washington

Sedro-Woolley, Washington

Sedro-Woolley is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 10,540 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. The line reached the coal mines in Skagit county

Skagit County, Washington

Skagit County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. It is named after the Skagit Indian tribe. As of 2010, the population was 116,901. It is included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington, Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 in 1890, in 1891 the line connected to the Seattle and Montana Railroad near Burlington, Washington

Burlington, Washington

Burlington is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population is 8,388 as recorded by the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

. That road was later connected to the Great Northern Railroad, and later bought out by same.